A traveling exhibition exposing Japanese design, to the world.
日本のデザインを世界にとどける巡回展。
Japanese creatives are currently being evaluated in the world in terms of quality, but as a matter of fact there are very few Japanese creators working with overseas clients. Unfortunately, there is a huge language barrier. In a recent survey, it was found that only 8.7% of Japanese people feel that they are good at English.(Rakuten Research) We decided to organize groups to introduce Japanese creatives to the world, by planning a touring exhibition. For this, we designed an "easy-to-move and Japanese-style" exhibition platform.
We used the "shinshi" technique for drying traditional textiles.
日本の伝統的な技法「伸子」を使った展示設計。
OBI is a screen made of bamboo for AODJ exhibition. By using traditional skill “Shinshi-bari” which is used to dry roll of cloth, we created smooth and flat surface. The large screen is supported only by the tension formed from bamboo sticks. Around each bar, needles are attached to both ends of the cloth while bending the bamboo, easy to set up and deconstruct.
The exhibition was held in Japan, Singapore and Taiwan. In particular, Taiwan, when spreading the social design movement of Japan, various social initiatives of Japanese designs were introduced as a large scale social design exhibition of about 1000 square meters.